election
“Dwight Schrute” Is Running for President
Dwight Schrute is running for president. This isn’t a new Office spinoff, though that might actually be a pretty good idea. (I’d be more likely […]
Pa. Republicans Favor Trump, Carson
Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today. Donald Trump and Ben Carson are tied for first among Pennsylvania Republicans. Looks like Keystone […]
Report: Chris Christie Uses An AOL Email Address
Chris Christie is not going to win the Republican presidential nomination. He’s in the single digits in nearly every poll, statewide and nationally, and he […]
What Everyone Is Avoiding Saying About Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal
Like everybody else, I’ve been reading way too much about Hillary Clinton’s emails. I’ve read that her use of a private in-house server violated federal […]
Pa. U.S. Senate Candidate: “Tacos Are the Great Uniter”
A new candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania thinks he has a way to get people interested in his campaign: Tacos. “No one wants to […]
Joe Biden Gets Emotional in Gripping Stephen Colbert Interview
Veep, former Delaware Senator and son of Scranton Joe Biden got deep on the third episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. In an interview […]
Poll: Joe Biden Passes Bernie Sanders, Gains on Hillary Clinton
A new Monmouth University poll shows that still-not-a-candidate Joe Biden is gaining momentum, having passed (democratic) socialist Bernie Sanders and gained ground on problem emailer Hillary Clinton among voters […]
Chaput Slams Trump on Immigration
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput assailed GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying Trump’s rhetoric on immigration “plays on our worst fears and resentments.” The […]
What Can Joe Biden Learn From Five Pennsylvania Presidential Losers?
Pennsylvania has long been regarded as a kingmaker when it comes to presidential politics — we still get awarded “swing state” status by pundits even […]
Biden Pondering Presidential Run
Vice President Joe Biden — the Scranton native and former longtime U.S. Senator from Delaware — is pondering a late entry into the 2016 presidential […]
Martin O’Malley Is Coming to the Controversial Point Breeze Beer Garden
The Point Breeze pop-up beer garden has had a lot of ups and downs this summer. Philadelphia’s Licenses & Inspections department shut it down in […]
Will Pa. Forsake the Democrats in 2016?
Democrats love Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton won her 2008 primary here. The party is holding its 2016 presidential convention here. We haven’t voted for a Republican […]
PSA: Surprise! Today is Election Day!
It’s OK if you didn’t know it was Election Day until now. But it’s an important race: Voters from three sections of the city will choose new […]
Rendell to Chair McGinty Senate Campaign
Not that Joe Sestak needed additional clues he is not the favored candidate of the Democratic Party establishment in Pennsylvania, but: Former Gov. Ed Rendell […]
Powerful GOP Machine Suffers a Major Blow in Delco’s Special Election
There was a lot going for Republican Paul Mullen in the special election in Delaware County’s 161st House District. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats in the district. The […]